Belt



J- L. WOLF Dec. 3, 1929.

BELT

Filed March 26. 1928 JH/VL H64.

INVENTOR I? BY 9 Z 5% y l ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 3, 1929 UNITED STATES JOHN L. WOLF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT

Application filed March 26, 1928. Serial No. 264,647.

This invention relates to belts and in particular to a type that can be readily adjusted to fit the wearer without the necessity of perforating the same or detaching the szune'froni the buckle.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a belt for the support of trousers, the buckle of which will lie substantially fiat when in use and will effectively hold the ends of the belt in proper relation.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a belt buckle so arranged that a portion thereof will imprison the looped end of one end of the belt whereby adjustment for size can be made without in any way piercing the belt or mutilating the surface thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simplified construction which embodies at one end of the belt a hook mem- 29 her arranged to engage a hook pin carried by the buckle which can be instantly detached or attached and which is not apparent when the belt is in place upon the wearer.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully comprehend the underlying features of my invention that they may embody the same in the various modifications in structure and relation contemplated, a drawing depicting a preferred form has been annexed as a part of this disclosure and in such drawings, similar reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout all the views, of which,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing my improved belt and buckle, the figure illustrating how the buckle, itself, conceals all of the parts connected with the end of the belt.

Figure 2 is a view taken from the inside of the belt and looking at the rear face of the buckle, this view illustrating the connection of the hook to the hook pin and the imprisonment of the looped end of the belt in the buckle, and

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Figure 2 showing the curvature of the ears of the buckle whereby a. restricted passageway is formed in the buckle so that the looped end of the belt is securely held therein.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 5 indicates a belt made of leather or otherv mate 0 rial and having an inner, unfinished face 6 and an outer, finished surface 7, one end 8 of the belt is engaged by the extensions 9 of a hook member 11 which are bent over the end of the belt and riveted thereto as at 10, the hook member 11 being arranged to engage a hook pin 12 extending between the side walls 13 of a buckle 14. This buckle, of course, is provided with a highly polished orornamented front face 15 while the upper and lower edges thereof are bent as at 16 to provide the upper and lower side portions 17 and 18 respectively. These side portions are provided at one end of the buckle with inwardly turned cars 19 and the ears are bent longitudinally so that at one end they are nearer the buckle surface 14 than they are at their other end, thus providing a constricted passageway 20 and an enlarged receptacle 21 in which is positioned the looped end 22 of the belt 5. It will be evident, therefore, that the belt. in order to present its outer, finished sur face 7, must be reversed in its looped portion and as illustrated at 23, I have cut the belt and reversed it so that, as illustrated in Figure 1, the inner surface or unfinished part of the belt is out but is covered by the extended portion 24 of the belt beyond the loop 22, this extended portion 2 1 being arranged to engage a suitable loop 25 which is secured to the belt in any convenient manner, such as by gluing or by riveting.

It is quite evident, therefore that the belt at the buckle portion thereof will not only lie perfectly flat but the end 22 thereof which is looped, is securely held within the restricted 8 portion of the buckle and cannot be pulled away from said buckle.

It is evident also that this construction provides a very fine adjustment in the circumference in the belt and one which will U not mar the surface of the belt or destroy any portion thereof, which is the case in buckles employing a belt engaging book which is arranged to pass through an opening gether or detached at will through the medium of the hook and buckle carried hook pin 12.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a belt of a buckle, having flanged side edges, inwardly turned ears integral with the side edges and bent to provide a constricted passage in the buckle for receiving and holding a looped end of the belt, said looped end being reversed so that the finished side of the belt is exposed, a pin in the buckle and a hook carried by the oppo-V site end of the belt for engaging the pin to retain the belt closed.

2. The combination with a belt of a buckle having flanged side edges, inwardly turned ears integral with the side edges and bent to provide a constricted passage in the buckle for receiving and holding a looped end of the belt, said looped end being reversed so that the finished side of the belt is exposed, a retaining member in the buckle and a member carried by the opposite end of the belt for detachably engaging the said retaining member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN L. WOLF. [n s.] 

